Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 86

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the ship operator for a regulated Australian ship has applied to the Secretary for an ISSC for the ship; and

  (b)   there is a ship security plan in force for the ship; and

  (c)   the ship is not ISSC verified; and

  (d)   the Secretary reasonably believes that, were the ship to be inspected as mentioned in subsection   83(1), the ship would be ISSC verified;

the Secretary may give the ship operator an interim ISSC for the ship.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   the Secretary has given a ship operator an ISSC for a regulated Australian ship; and

  (b)   while the ISSC is in force, another ship operator becomes the ship operator for the ship;

the Secretary may give the other ship operator an interim ISSC for the ship.

  (3)   An interim ISSC is in force for the period, not exceeding 6 months, specified in the interim ISSC.